Restore the U.S. Horse Industry
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Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Auburn, NE signed.
Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Auburn, NE signed.
Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Miles City, MT writes:
Removal of humane horse slaughter in the USA has hurt the animals welfare deeply and wounded an entire industry. Please restore our country's USDA inspectors specifically for horse slaughter in the USA. Well meaning misinformed people have hurt horses more than anything else, if any of these people really care about their welfare, they will review the reality of the circumstances that ar ethe result of the close of these plants, and stop the 'riders' on bills furthering these sad results.Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Wright, WY signed.
Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Drasco, AR signed.
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Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Richland, OR signed.
Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Richland, OR writes:
To those of you representing "the people", please reinstate the humane horse processngs that has so drastically impactied our entire equine industry here in the states. We, who have been making a living strictly by the buying and selling of high quality performance horses, the slaughter ban has effected the whole spectrum of the horse industry, while overpopulation of both domestic and feral horses are at all time record highs, compounded by the poor economic atmospher, high feed and hay prices has blown this out of control. Meanwhile the welfare of the these horses are at critical mass. Heading into another winter 4 years after the ban, we will see even more suffering and a greater need for humane processing. It is a win win for us all, with jobs, positive animal welfare results, the value brought back to the bottom end horse market , which does have trickle up effect, a positive, and a partial solution for the over-population problem and the list goes on. Please consider all that can be benifited, It is a better solution that having a semi truck load of suffering un-wanted horses offloaded onto the Lincoln Memoria lawn in DC... or maybe that might help you see the problem... up close and personal. Thank You for doing the right thing.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 20th, 2011Someone from Belle Fourche, SD signed.
Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Vale, SD signed.
Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Winner, SD signed.
Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Anacortes, WA signed.
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Oct 20th, 2011Someone from Salem, AR signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Thermopolis, WY signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Murdo, SD writes:
Please take a step in helping the entire livestock industry and make a step in helping our economy with reinstating a thriving market. Also this will be a humane and economical solution to deal with any unwanted or unusable horses.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2011Someone from Ellensburg, WA signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Goodyear, AZ signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Des Moines, IA signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Centrahoma, OK writes:
From feed dealers to trailer manufacturers, horse shoers to vets, harness makers to breeders, the horse industry has taken a severe nose dive affecting the livelyhoods of hundreds of hundreds of thousands of people. Even worse are the now "valueless" horses left to die of starvation, dehydration from being abandoned, or neglect. It is a grim picture. We must reinstitute a humane way to dispose of old and unwanted horses. Something must be done.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2011Someone from Stephenville, TX signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Zearing, IA signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from San Antonio, TX signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Ainsworth, NE writes:
By closing the slaughter plants you have taken an annual income of $40000 dollars from my family. I now have over 100 head of horse and don't know what to do with them.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2011Someone from Las Vegas, NV signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Craig, CO writes:
I see some horses in our area that appear to have been domestic horses turned out with wild herds. These and older mustangs for that matter have a slow painful death as they are not able to adjust to the environment. Our horse policies in general are completely inept and wrote by groups that have no idea what really is happening out here.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2011Someone from Ada, OK writes:
As a horse owner/lover for 69 years, I find it the kindest way to deal with the ending of a dear horses life.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2011Someone from Hubbard Lake, MI writes:
To bring back a few well policed slaughter houses will help our horses all around. It will empty over full rescue farms and people leaving horses to starve and stop the drop off of domestic horses on public land. I have done my share by gelding and taking in 5 rescue horses now let the our voices as horsemen educate and advocate humane slaughter.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2011Someone from Daniel, WY signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Lynden, WA signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Medora, ND signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Harvard, IL writes:
As a proffesional horseman for over 20 years I strongly believe the closing of processingplants has severly impacted the horse industry.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelOct 19th, 2011Someone from Cary, NC signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Del Norte, CO signed.
Oct 19th, 2011Someone from Saranac, MI writes:
this is aporperty rights issu. we onw cleaqr title to these fine animals and we have the right to make sure that they don't suffer in their final days!REPORT COMMENTS
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